In the Pancho Villa photograph, who is the man peering over Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing’s left shoulder? Huge wager on this! Your input, please. J.O. Kissinger Camp Verde, Arizona That man is definitely Lt. James Lawton Collins, aide de camp to Gen. Black Jack Pershing. Since the photo was taken in August 1914, we can eliminate Dwight D. Eisenhower because he didn’t graduate from West Point until 1915. Although George Patton graduated from the Academy in 1909, his facial fe


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